Building a Crown for One WTC

Dec. 12, 2012 12:43 p.m. ET

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Workers pull a rope Wednesday as they prepare the first piece of the spire to be hoisted atop One World Trade Center. This was the first of 18 sections of spire that will stand atop the structure.
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Workers pull a rope as they prepare to hoist the first piece. Once all of the spire segments are in place, the tallest building of the new World Trade Center complex will soar to a symbolic 1, 776 feet.
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Here, the first piece of spire starts its journey upward. Officials say One World Trade Center, when complete, will become the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. But there is controversy over its ranking.
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